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Maharashtra · Assembly Constituency 68 · 1962

Rajapur

Winner — 1962

SAHADEO MUKUND THAKARE
INC· INC
INC 39.4%PSP 30.8%2 others 29.7%
Votes
8,408
39.4% share
Winning margin
1,834
8.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
41.0%
of 52,007

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAHADEO MUKUND THAKARE
INC
8,40839.4%
2
LAXMAN RANGANATH MATANKAR
Praja Socialist Party
6,57430.8%
3
PURSHOTTAM ANANT SHETYE
4,66721.9%
4
WASUDEV PANDURANG CHAVAN
1,6697.8%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.1% · min 0.6% · max 42.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
44th of 288

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.27
fewer partiesmore parties
169th of 288

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.2%
lowerhigher
41st of 288

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
264 seats · 133 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.27EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 39.4%PSP 30.8%BJS 21.9%PWP 7.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
10,72,942
Density
74 / km²
Sex ratio
982 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
14,412 km²
SC population11.3%
ST population38.7%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.4%Buddhist 7.7%Other 5.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water19.5%
Electricity59.2%
Sanitation27.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.3%
Children fully vaccinated97.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.7%
Children underweight (under 5)35.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER66.2%
Women literate79.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER10.1%
Clean cooking fuel60.5%
Health insurance33.3%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Forest products🏺Rice
Group of Temples, Markanda

Group of Temples, Markanda

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of Temples

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Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens

🏛️MonumentASI

Group of twenty Cromlechs or Kistvaens

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Rock Caves, Jharapapra

🏛️MonumentASI

Rock Caves

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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